"Things to act"

Good afternoon! 

Today has already been eventful! We needed to make some contact with one of our investigators. We were worried something had happened. We prayed and asked the Father to lead us to her, or lead her to us. Went to the store, and sure enough there she was! She lost her phone and was meaning to contact us, but didn't know how! Miracles happen even on P-Day? 

It has been pressing upon my mind and heart lately concerning things to act, and things being acted upon.  As children of God we are blessed to know these things. They are en-grafted into our eternal nature. Even from the beginning when we lived with the Father as spirits we had such a choice. 

The Father presented a plan, that plan was not pressed upon us, but presented. The presentation limited us to 2 choices. Follow Lucifer and be acted upon, or follow Christ and act for ourselves. The purpose of Lucifers plan was to have glory to himself, the purpose of the Fathers was to give us opportunity for exaltation. We chose to follow Christ (the Fathers plan) ,and now we are here. If you have flesh and bones, and an ability to choose, you followed the Fathers plan.  We may have had the faith to come here, but we now need to develop the faith to be successful.  

That is why we are gifted the opportunity to act while in the flesh and not be acted upon. Sometimes we falsely believe that we cannot choose. That we cannot escape hard things, or that our circumstances cannot change. We are lead to believe that "if god wanted to save me, he would pull me out of this mess and I can start new". Sometimes we find our agency working against us. We quickly learn that we were not educated in our desires, and therefor walked down a path that seems hard to get out of. 

I want to testify that circumstances, though hard, can be changed. You may not be able to change someone, but you can choose to respond in a constructive loving way. The trials of life may be upon you, and you may feel weak. But you can choose to respond, and call upon the father to strength your feeble knees. 

The opposition in life can act upon you, and it will destroy you if you choose to let it. But I know that as you act in response to that opposition in a positive way, you will find new strength. If you just go, the Lord will help you do. If you choose not to go, you will succumb to whatever comes your way. 

I have a testimony of this great plan. The plan of salvation. It was provided for you and for me to grow. I love experiencing the joy that comes from knowing who I am, why I'm here, where I'm going, and who is at the helm of all of it.